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How to offer additional milk to a baby who is not gaining weight (supplementing)

9 May, 2020 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

How to offer additional milk to a baby who is not gaining weight? It is likely that the first thing that comes to your mind is a bottle. But if you have previously looked for information, it is also likely that other methods such as finger-syringe, cup, and spoon will come to your mind. Choosing one of these methods on how to offer additional supplemental milk, either expressed or artificial, to a baby who is not gaining weight can be…

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My baby’s first days

8 April, 2020 LactApp UK Comments 0 Comment

This blog entry is intended for mothers who have just had a baby and need basic information about the baby’s behaviour, poos, feeding, sleeping, weight gain, or when to seek specialist medical advice. In these times of lockdown, isolation and cancellation of health check appointments, many of you have doubts about whether your baby is feeding properly. This is why we have created this post, so you can assess the health of your baby and see if there is something…

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What is a breastfeeding crisis?

7 February, 2020 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Suddenly your baby wants to feed all the time, is more irritated and fuzzy, cries, and seems to want to feed constantly but is struggling at the breast. And maybe you are thinking: am I running out of milk? But wait… maybe your baby is going through a breastfeeding crisis! Babies usually go through several growth spurts (some call them frequency days, in some regions, they are even called breastfeeding crises) during the first 12 months of life, when their…

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What is nipple confusion and how can it be resolved?

30 September, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

There has been a debate about whether nipple confusion in breastfeeding (or sometimes called nipple-teat confusion) exists or whether it is a myth. In reality, evidence and our experience in supporting thousands of breastfeeding mothers show that there are all types of babies: those who can suckle a teat, a pacifier and at the mother’s breast interchangeably without any problems and other babies, who are given one single feed from a bottle and seem to no longer know or want…

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Breast engorgement

24 April, 2019 LactApp Comments 1 comment

In another article, we explained the coming in of mature milk after colostrum: this is a physiological process and takes place 24-48 hours after birth. But this process can come with complications and become a painful problem. Today, we will talk about breast engorgement and how to solve it. But let’s start from the beginning: What is breast engorgement? Engorgement is an accumulation of liquids: liquid, blood, and plasma in your breast in the first days after birth. The blocked…

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Reverse pressure softening (RPS)

24 April, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

In this post we talked about breast ingurgitation and how it can affect breastfeeding the first days of life of the baby or in case of mother-baby separation. In it we talked about the Reverse Pressure Softening (RPS), in this post we want to give you more information on how it is done. What is the Reverse Pressure Softening (RPS)? It is a type of massage that can help to decongest the area of the areola when it presents an…

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First hours after C-section

21 January, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

Currently, one in five babies is born by C-section in the world, and although there is increasing knowledge about postpartum after this type of intervention, it is true that mothers may face similar difficulties, and myths may appear that could affect a good start to breastfeeding. Let’s speak about the main worries that mothers may have about the start of breastfeeding and the first hours after c-section. If I am given an anesthetic, do I have to wait to breastfeed?…

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Breastfeeding after C-section

21 January, 2019 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Hospital routines in many countries still do not allow in many cases to humanize cesarean sections and make them less traumatic for the new family, which influences breastfeeding after c-section. The presence of the partner at birth by cesarean section is often not allowed, nor is it possible to maintain first contact with the skin that promotes a suitable start to breastfeeding. Mothers are transferred to recovery, where they can be a few hours without their babies. The parents may…

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How to know that everything is going well the first few days

3 January, 2019 Alba Padró Comments 0 Comment

Any mother could feel anxious about the first days of breastfeeding when everything is new, and we are invaded by doubts and fears. In this post, we talk about what we can pay attention at the first few days after the birth of our baby and that it will let you know how things are going. Pain: For the first 15-17 days, when your baby latches on to your breast, you may feel a pinching sensation, which should not last…

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Colostrum – a treasure

18 December, 2018 LactApp Comments 0 Comment

Some cultures have considered — and some alarmingly still do — that colostrum is useless or bad and should therefore be avoided. In these cases, babies have even been left for several hours, sometimes days, without eating anything at all or were fed with traditional preparations. But nothing could be further from the truth since colostrum is unique liquid gold, perfectly adapted to the specific needs of a newborn baby. Colostrum begins to appear between 12-16 weeks of pregnancy and…

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